A new compressor will help boost the recovery rate and accelerate production on the Kvitebjørn field offshore Norway, Statoil has said.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Galveston District awarded a contract in the amount of $2.1 million to Affolter Contracting Company Inc., for containment dike raising at the Peggy Lake Dredged Material Placement Area in Harris County, Texas. This work will increase the placement area’s capacity to
Salamander Energy has announced that its Environmental Impact Assessment (“EIA”) for exploration drilling in the G4/50 licence, Greater Bualuang area, Gulf of Thailand, has been granted conditional approval. Of the 20 drilling locations in the original EIA, 18 have been approved subject to: updating
TGS, a provider of multi-client geoscience data to oil and gas exploration and production companies, is continuing its Explorer Series seismic acquisition program in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico. Panfilo 3D will add 11,500 km(2) to TGS’ multi-client library in the Lund and Henderson Central Gul
Faroe Petroleum, the independent oil and gas company focusing principally on exploration, appraisal and production opportunities in Norway and the UK, announces the sale of its ten percent interest in the undeveloped West of Shetland Glenlivet gas field to Total E&P UK Limited. The consideration for
Work on restoring a two-mile stretch of severely eroded shoreline along the Delaware River in Salem County is expected to begin in early November following the award of a project contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The $9.9 million contract to restore Oakwood Beach in Elsinboro was made by
1. Subsea 7 Reduces Norwegian Workforce Oil services company Subsea 7 is reportedly reducing its Norwegian workforce between 100 and 150 employees due to project delays. 2. Scientists Find Large Submarine Canyon in Med A massive underwater canyon has been discovered in the Mediterranean near Italy b
Crews with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC of Oak Brook, Ill. have completed dredging and placing approximately 1.7 million cubic yards of sand in the location shown known as the “S-Curves” north of Rodanthe on Hatteras Island in Dare County. The crews are currently in the process of demobili
North Energy has informed that as a partner in production licence 713, in the Barents Sea, offshore Norway, the company is completing the drilling of the Pingvin prospect in exploration well 7319/12-1. The well has identified gas in a sandstone reservoir. Extensive data has been acquired from the we
Maersk Drilling has informed that the company’s second drillship Maersk Valiant has started operations in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico. The company has reported through their Facebook page that the drillship Maersk Valiant has started its work in the Gulf of Mexico which marks the beginning of its two-ye
Petroceltic International’s joint venture comprising Petroceltic and Edison International Spa (Edison) has secured the North Port Fouad Block, in the Egyptian Natural Gas Holding Company 2013 International Bid Round. North Port Fouad (Block 7), is located offshore the Nile Delta and lies to the nort
SEGC Topo has, through tender procedure, secured a contract by Métropole Nice Côte d’Azur for bathymetric survey services. The contract has a value of approximately $137,000 (106,000 EUR). The work consists of bathymetry surveys of the seabed in the region of the Metropolis Nice Cote d’Azur, includi
Polarcus Limited announces that the Company has signed a Letter of Intent (“LOI”) with an undisclosed client for a 3D marine seismic acquisition project offshore West Africa. The project, subject to the execution of a service contract, will commence in Q4 2014 and is expected to run for approximatel
UK Ministry of Defence, Ships from Bristol has issued a tender for the provision of unmanned underwater vehicles. The tenders are required to supply two unmanned underwater vehicles (UUVs) with side scan sonar and bathymetric capability (conductivity and temperature Sensors), navigation system, thro
